Government Ch. 11 & 12

What are functions of interest groups?

Organized interest groups enhance American democracy by doing this:

Public interest groups differ from other types of interest groups in that they do this:

What are key organizational components of interest groups?

The major organizational factors shared by most interest groups are these:

***Successful interest groups quickly become this:

Members of interest groups in the United States are typically what kind of people?

What are political parties more capable of doing than interest groups?

The free-rider problem occurs because:

The first organized interest groups arose in response to this:

***Which groups would be considered part of the New Politics movement?

What is lobbying? Pg. 445

An iron triangle is made up of an alliance between these groups: Pg. 450

What has Congress done in recent years in order to limit the influence of interest groups?

A grassroots lobbying campaign occurs when this happens:

What is the primary function of a political action committee (PAC)?

Interest groups are permitted to spend as much money as they want on issue advocacy during a campaign season, as long as they do this:

Congress is a ______ legislature with ______ members.

How long is the term of office for a U.S. senator?

The frequency with which they must seek re-election makes members of the House be like this:

Representation of women and minorities has decreased by one-third since the 1970s. True or False?

Three factors related to the American electoral system affect who is elected to office in this country and what they do once they get there. Those factors are:

One reason some people support the instatement of term limits in the House and Senate is:

Describe the process of reapportionment.

Gerrymandering refers to this: Pg 480

What did the Supreme Court declare in Miller v. Johnson?

What happens with pork-barrel legislation? Pg 482

Who has the most real power in the Senate?

The need to divide the labor of legislation is best exemplified in what formal structure of Congress?

The House Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over which of the following areas?

The determination of the time and structure of floor debate on a bill, in the House of Representatives, is up to the following:

The filibuster is likely to remain a feature of legislative politics in the United States because:

How can a president's veto be overridden by Congress?

Oversight can best be described as:

Describe Congress's role in foreign policy. Pg 506

Members of Congress can represent the people in two ways: as a ______, a member of Congress acts on the express preferences of his or her constituency; as a ______, a member is more loosely tied to constituents and makes the decisions he or she thinks are best.